Dave Brubeck - Koto Song - 1966

[HammaneggsAirborne]

I <3 jazz, but I need somthing with lyrics for my English report.

[sergiofutbol123]

13 people who watched this are deaf

[sergiofutbol123]

Is an orgasm in my ears its so good!!

[bent540]

eight good minutes of my life

[MasterPainBetty]

How on earth can anyone "dislike" this??? I don't get it.

[davidraven]

paul desmond's tone is the sweetest. great sound and film production, thanks to the germans.

[sitarnut]

God I love Paul Desmond- he was the 60s for me.

[classyjams]

this is one of my favs . To me this is some of the best soloing by Dave and by Paul .

[27m11]

Ok, this is the true jazz. FACT !

[fincukast]

genious!

[HeroSpiderman]

Can anybody please tell me if this is available on DVD or CD ?

I've searched for it but all I get is things like Live At The Berlin Philharmonie which is (obviously) in Germany as said in the discription but does not contain the song...

Help would be appreciated, I'm addicted to this song!

Thanks!

[ZebraBear88]

@HeroSpiderman Check iTunes, there are quite a few different versions of this song. Maybe this is one of them

[da19lila38]

@HeroSpiderman There is a DVD of both concerts in Belgium&Germany (64&66) with Koto songs in both of them but I don't know whether it is available. Try Amazon.

[HeroSpiderman]

@da19lila38 Bought it, thanks!

[HeroSpiderman]

@da19lila38 Thanks, I was able to buy it later that day but forgot to thank you

[da19lila38]

@HeroSpiderman

It's OK.You did thank me just after you had bought the DVD 2 weeks ago. You are welcome,HS.

[somedayfc]

i love this channel wonderful, i m a singer, i hope you enjoy my new video my funny valentine!!

[searcherboy]

This is just about perfect.

[Mrtriumphchopper]

How in God's name can ANYONE not like this---achingly beautiful?I could just cry in my saki.

[victoritoguitar]

12???????????

[talentedMrRead]

Absolute genius!

[1jz4m3]

It will never get any better then this! What a joy!

[traub6]

I think I was a Beat-nik in a former life.

[StJouish]

Sweet, clear tone.

[chauntzu]

12 Dislikes...They need mental health intervention!!!

This quartet was brilliant...and oh so creative. ECM's sound is a direct result of the work of this quartet. The beginnings of what was to become known as chamber jazz.

[tatiuo11]

一日　一回は　聞かずには　いられない　異次元の表現力　cool　そのものです

[yukihiro4962]

まさに、琴‼

ブラボー!

[champlaindrifter]

I see 12 people have their heads up their wazoos, LOL.

[tanguedia81]

Es tan hermoso... Gracias!

[CarlAQuicke]

look at those jazz men with sun glasses on, although I realy love this music I think its boring and truly a sign of old age ;-)

[NtropyPyroductions]

@CarlAQuicke Sir, I happen to have turned seventeen this month and Dave Brubeck happens to be one of my favorite musicians. Old age obscuring music tastses? I think not.

[tina6581]

@CarlAQuicke Mate I have loved this guys work since I was 3 years old and I have just introduced it to a friends teen age kid to it. How is entranced it by the way. Both my step children loved this stuff to as kids. Your comment on age is so off mark its out of sight.

[dsowell4]

@CarlAQuicke

How is it you love something that bores you? "Old age" is something SOME people ponder to have one more thing to worry about.

[Bugera369]

@CarlAQuicke Joe Morello was blind.

[Maryasha33]

Непревзойдённо!!

Unmatched!!

[chasemaxwell]

@GSEhooligan540

As far as I can tell, the intro sounds like he's playing in the Japanese Hirojoshi scale. It's an ancient 5-tone scale (in contrast to our 7-tone Western scales) containing many of the same notes as the harmonic minor. In this case, if our friend alery998 is correct and the piece is in the key of Bb minor, the notes that he would be using are 1=Bb, 2=Ab, 3=G, 4=Eb, 5=D. Of course, after the intro he shifts into a more standard minor scale with some chromatics in there.

[chasemaxwell]

@chasemaxwell correction: the notes would be 1=Bb, 2=C, 3=C#, 4=F, 5=F#. Lil mathematical error there...

[alery998]

@GSEhooligan540 B flat minor I believe

[Basilisk1349]

Beginning and ending very technically impressive and full of imagination, inventiveness. Rest is just jazz by the ohter side.

[MrPetepohl1]

happy 90th birthday Dave

[billypat]

As if anyone needed proof of Paul Desmond's genius, here it is, writ large.

[thedukeofrosco]

@billypat I was talking tonight with a friend of mine tonight about how I wished I was fluent at something. To be able to communicate something so seemingly effortlessly. Painting, poetry, writing, sculpture, cooking.... He said you can play guitar. We watched this and then we both knew where I was coming from. Next level.

[PhillipThunderGrunge]

this is sex for your ears

Plain and Simple

[TheMaggiesue00]

It's making love, not having sex :) I become nothing when I listen to this :)

[laurelhiverleciel]

D'accord avec toi Rob -

beautiful...



[laurelhiverleciel]

D'accord avec toi Rob

beautiful



[robbiegalgal]

The wonderful thing about this piece is that if someone completely unfamiliar it and the Brubeck Quartet came across it, they would have difficulty knowing if it were jazz or modern classical chamber music. It is of such purity and depth that it transcends style and classification. Pure class.

[kennethgnielsen]

Love it!

[MrLetargo]

Stupenda ...

[meherbaba01]

PERFECTION!

[tahidor]

Peacefull and and lovely!

[Oreganoseasoner]

I love this piece. It is Dave at his finest!

[AlVlTR]

Ребята, лучшей музыки я не слышал! (Which means: The best I v ever heard!)

Genius, outstanding, perfect, divine!!!)))))

[kmzrrr]

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble adopted this song, check it out.

[VJSco]

lol

[billypat]

Absolutely extraordinary. Pure emotion and soul. Hypnotic. Desmond was a such a singular voice.

[MellaMique]

i cant belive this. its to dope for me

[arhatyellow]

Holy Crap! What a wonderful version of this cut. My other favorite one is on an album of Brubeck and Desmond duets on the S.S. Rotterdam - around 1975 (?). In it, Paul plays the intro as unbreathed pads - on horn notes. This is great too though. I've been playing for 40 years. This song brings tears to my eyes. Thanks be to Brubeck. Peace

[fr3lonbrun]

MAN, I love P.D.'s TONE - almost flute-like, a lot of air in there. And of course, my typical question is: what make and model and size mouthpiece he workin' with?? LOL. Hey, it don't matter, the man's a master. Of that period, hands down, Bird and P.D. are my favorite. Swinging, man, and back then it was like, yeah, they had amazing, chops, speed, etc, but they knew how to make something PRETTY with it, too. Nowadays, lots of cats wanna finger jam and s**t but no prettiness. Great vid.

[KickBack90sBeats]

this guy HAUNTS me with his creativity and anti cheesy jazz... that opening piano bit..... sent chills down my spine... then the sax quickly took me to cloud 9.... so unbelievable

[kawaiiaix]

0:04-08:03 the piano intro..is just the most beautiful sound <3

Thank you ^_^

[DYNODRUM]

I,seen Dave in N.Y. a few Years back at a Jazz fest weekend ,He got a Standing Ovation ,playing with cats His age Now, On the Bill w/ Stanley Clarke and such It was So, Amazing to Hear how Great He still is.

[joithor]

Afsakið air-combat videoin!

Tékkið þetta

[whatshendrix]

Brubeck's solo makes my mind explode with colors I've never seen before...

[lrpelkey]

just wholly, totally, ridiculously smooth. this is just an incredible group, just fully throwing down off the cuff over one of their most incredible pieces and making it look EASY. i've been playing music for a long time, and i don't know anybody this good.

[dniworrom]

Masterpiece....

[xiniks]

@boffyrox02 u know i didnt understand shit of your comment, and no dont reply to this

[TheJroller]

@boffyrox02 your a dick keep your comments to yourself, id like to see you play like him u loser

[kropkozaur]

Great man,really amazing.

[whispertread]

This is a gorgeous video as are all those posted up here of the Germany Concert. I've never heard them before. The quartet were playing at their absolute best in this concert. I was lucky to see and hear them "live" in N.London in the early 1960s Joe Morello gave a drum solo lasting 12 minutes and got a standing ovation as you might expect. I saw them again final concert at London's Festival Hall. Paul Desmond's solos were inspiring and life-enhancing. Brubeck too was fascinating.

[1simc1]

paul was a real master on the alto sax. i hope i'll play so good like he did (one time) :P

i realy enjoy their music. legends (:

[tirebyter55]

The absolute height of cool, man.

[maomaotittymcmao]

6:58 amazing shot

[TheGreenodin]

Amazing.

I'm new to jazz.

feel free to educate me on the history. I would really like to know the why an the how of this video.

[Edside0]

@TheGreenodin Beware of the Ken Burns documentary and the Marsalis family. Their views aren't really objective, you can try out Ted Gioia's book or the Jazz Icons documentary. The "Electric miles" documentary(it's in youtube) is quite interesting as well.

[threelegduck]

@TheGreenodin i don't know anything about jazz either - 6 months ago it was elevator music for me. it started when i got hooked on the album bitches brew, then i started listening to more on pandora. these days my favorite stations are 'eldar' and 'leo tardin'. this brubeck stuff is going on my pandora now.

[mudylafeet]

Ahhhhhhhhhh Real music, I feel so much better now. *****

[brianallancobb]

I really like Mr. Wright's bass on Tokyo Traffic.

This was a terrific lineup, and they hung together for nine years, 1958-1967, an eternity in the jazz world.

[paredrayada]

Esta musica espero que toquen el el cielo por que sin ella no soy nada...

[utarefsonmetushelac]

@Astrotype do you have the full concert?

[utarefsonmetushelac]

wow there's a lot of dumbasses who have good taste.

[patosaxonegro]

Nuna había oido esta canción pero son de esas rolas que que no mamesssss

una nota mas y se me sale la leche...

que buena interpretación de paul desmond

[avalemert]

Soft and smooth, the Paul Desmond lyrical style is a huge influence for me, I think this is a beautiful example of the best qualities of the alto saxophone. I used to try to sound like a tenor, but Paul loved the alto's lighter singing potential, he must have because that's what came out and it has inspired me to embrace the light as well as the dark tone of my tenor and love them both for who they are, unique and both lovely, powerful and tender at times.

[dukedome]

I think that paul was underrated too. He is a genius, but lived at the shadow of another genius...rsrs.....

[DiamondSoul]

Yeah, I agree, the more I hear Paul Desmond the more I notice just how underrated he was. Most music enthusiasts would recognize the name Coltrane (which I also love), but you hear very little about Paul unfortunately, who I am starting to like even more these days. Good comment!

[padleynj]

Why underrated? Have you followed Down Beat magazine during those illustrious years. That is where you would have found what the jazz community would have found worthy. Still to this day Desmond's playing is unique and sultry, no one seems to copy his style... you know who is playing from the first note. The same as Coltrane, Parker, or Stan Getze(misspelled), Oliver Nelson, etal.

[MrSsanityclaws]

@Thekingofpop1958 In general I agree with you - but hard to understand why you don't like Brubeck's impros. His ability to use dissonance, unrelated key and time signatures while retaining the theme is truly awesome and for the time incredible. He never falls back on cliches the way so many others do and has a repertoire of exploration that still is inspirational today. Impro at it's best

[OfficialChannelOfHi]

How come no ones giving any bass love?

Eugene's awesome! Don't leave him out of the picture!

[htklsl]

ya ppl often forget the rhythm section(bass and drum) which is very important (just figure out the soung whitout bass and drum lol that would be a bit empty)

[htklsl]

they are like clark kent for superman and bruce wayne for batman they are what make the other live but are kept unknown

[SnrPiazolla]

@OfficialChannelOfHi Brubeck was criticised for bringing eugune wright on tour with him because he was black, if you notice the audience, it's all white middle class and so on. Brubeck stood strong though and brought him anyway, and he is a great player indeed!

[sifumartyn]

@OfficialChannelOfHi I totally agree. You can't have a quartet without Eugene Wright. Top bassist. Listen to the tune, and his bass lifts everyone else into another dimension. Sweet as, bro!

[GFORTON33]

Quel son le saxo, on ne s'en lasse

[da19lila38]

А Десмонд -гений альт-саксофона

И Морелло - супер-ударник и эти трое создали эту чудную музыку - Koto song!

[Maryasha33]

Брубек-гений фортепианной музыки!!

Brubeck-the genius of piano music!!

[UROAKT]

He must be inspired Koto ,not only Koto music but playing over Koto itself. It's amazing and rare. What a great combing besides its 1966.. Superb!

[KingWi11]

1:06 ooooooooohhh yeah ;)

[robbiegalgal]

Can't thank you enough for posting this. Koto song has long been one of my favorite Brubeck compositions, but I had never seen them do it. Sublime. Since my college days, I must have seen Brubeck at least a dozen times, the most recent in Montreal last summer. But the complicity of the original quartet, Dave, Desmond, Eugene Wright and Joe Morello, never fails to move me. For me, Paul Desmond is the most musical of all alto players, Charlie (bird) Parker notwithstanding. Thanks again.

[sitarnut]

Desmond- the angel- no more sounds like this on the planet- bless you for posting- a reviewer once said Paul's solos were so cool, icicles were hanging off every note...

[Surmusicp]

this is so beautiful

[ironbrigade6]

DAMN that was beautiful.

[44almm]

the killamanjaro darkjazz ensemble did a brilliant cover of this

[noeldanks]

which one is desmond

[pyromohanzed]

With the alto saxehorn[]

[mrbpg]

@ noeldanks , the one with the sax.

[bullldozed]

wau!

[FunkFreshAtze]

damn the camera guy, on some great parts of desmond's solo he makes a close up of brubeck... great song, love this version

[oOolilacoOo]

ur right

i love watching him play.

its like a dream for me.

[stewie711]

that was amazing. truly a journey for the mind

[Zrandrid]

Looks like Desmond was sporting a rat tail back in '66!

[oOolilacoOo]

ur a moron

[Zrandrid]

u r 2

[mindingosafado]

how much of the song do they improvise?

[davisc1926]

Pretty much the entire song in this case.

[stewie711]

it's jazz, so other then the head, the whole thing

[davisc1926]

Um, that's exactly what I'm saying; but even in jazz there are more times than not where the melody is arranged. Here Dave states the melody eventhough he can play it pretty much however he wants since it's a solo.

[frosty956]

OMg just omg. Cannot stop listening to this

[janter101087]

I know it is quite addicting to listen to this fantastic it is OMG

[rudypyatt]

Ah, from Jazz Impressions of Japan. Brilliant. An underrated album.

[f7310n67un]

Wow! I never knew Brubeck swung so f*****g hard! That's something else, man. What a way to start my morning! Well, now looks like I'm off to the record store again! Hey? What LP's that from? I LOVE this almost as much as Porkpie or Gloria's Step! This has that whole vibe, almost modal. Imagine...!

[Edside0]

It's from Jazz impressions of Japan, they made various "Jazz impressions of..." during the fifties and sixties. ;)

[layoutzz]

Magnificent! Thank you.

[VladtheEmailer]

I guess this is what is meant when they say sublime!

[MrLeefan]

Breathtaking...after decades!!!

[crankyanker157]

Favorite Part -----> 3:36

[riekathegifty]

This makes me want altophonular saxular.

[jangljive]

rocks completely

[julesdelacourgette]

one of the best jazz albums i know..

[kmurnia]

This is why I fell in love with jazz, and keep coming back.  I first saw Dave when he was playing a Christmas concert of new music in 1983, and he just keeps playing beautiful jazz. Thank you Dave.

[CosmicChickenNo1]

man this is really smooth,

FUCK, i saw this record just resently and didnt pick it up.

dam..

[crankyanker157]

fail

[deviceds]

do you crank for respect?

i thought so.

[crankyanker157]

FAIL fail of my fail

[claptonfan1000000]

you fail

[davisc1926]

Yeah, that bass walking the 12-bar blues, Joe's light touch with the brushes and Paul floating on top of it is the icing on the cake.

[mwp62]

This one definitely sends me...

[soulstargy]

ah! what I would give to be even a quarter as cool as them..

[davisc1926]

I think I know what you mean, but can you be more specific?

[davisc1926]

This sounds like a 4/4 version of "Blue Shadows in the Street" which is in 9/8. I really like this eventhough this my 1st time hearing this particular song.

[footcandy]

What an awesome find. Thanks for posting this. You don't by any chance have a video of him playing "The City Is Crying".. my fav song from the Japan album.

[ShowsOn]

Jazz Impressions of Japan is a hugely under-rated jazz album.

[kwoncat]

I entirely agree with you, it's one my favourite jazz albums.

[ironbrigade6]

Agreed. It has some of Desmond's best playing, some of Brubeck's best compositions.

[dragonrose52]

I so agree with you guys! It is my favorite album. Fujiyama is my favorite followed by the City is Crying. Koto's Song ain't bad either and so is Tokyo Traffic, one can feel the hustle and bustle of the city in that one.

I wonder why this album wasn't as popular as the others and was wondering if at the time it was produced, Americans still held a grudge against the Japanese because of Pearl harbor...

[Aiina]

We've got same taste, mate...

This album is really fantastic.

[lrpelkey]

i haven't been able to walk away from the record for any length of time since the first time i heard it...it's been years. it's on my phone, so i can play it anywhere i go. hugely under-noticed, at least. fantastic record.

[KickBack90sBeats]

@lrpelkey is this on wax? is it Jazz Impressions of Japan?

[lrpelkey]

@KickBack90sBeats

the original (studio) version is, yes. this is a live version, available on DVD from the Jazz Icons series (jazzicons . com).

[KickBack90sBeats]

@lrpelkey nice. I may have to buy that vinyl... thanks... by the way... I can tell its live homie... its kinda obious... lol... peace! good lookin out!

[lrpelkey]

@KickBack90sBeats

LOL "i can tell its live" ... good point!

[minutegongcoughs]

Thanks for sharing.

[carnivalwrestler]

WoW! Dave, Joe, Eugene, and Paul are my fave jazz muscicians of all time. Used to come home from high school and crank up the volume on the stereo and play my drums along with Joe 'til my parents came home (the late 60's). Wonderful memories, though I never heard "Koto Song" (I LOVE it) until about two years ago. Haunting, beautiful melody.  Thanks, Astrotype, for posting this rare gem, and thanks, Moonlightnoir, for directing my attention to this. Great to see a music vid from '66!

[moonlightnoir]

I'm glad that you enjoyed :-) It's out time

[rodrigabenita]

awesome

[Vayshen]

Such a soft gentle tone. Like Getz but even sweeter smoother.

Beautiful!!

[sailboi69]

If I am not mistaken the Brubeck solo is based on the typical or ancient oriental 6 tone scale.

[littlegreenjason]

first time hearing this. i'm definitely intrigued!!!

[da19lila38]

Paul Desmond plays free like the nightingale sings. And koto is a very nice Japanese instrument...

[OILNOTFREE]

listening to this number again , makes me aware again on how down hill we are travelling with creative music and the shortage of performing artists among us, who don't feel the need to first soften their listeners up with loud noise and glittering lights , before they are confident that they have truly earned their keep .-

from erich jonkers fiji islands .

[Pitonznz]

so beautiful

[aditya773]

pure genius

[Bluesmen88]

I can't stop listening to this, it's just such a beautiful ballad. When first hearing it, you might say to yourself, is this jazz, is it classical, but in the end, it doesn't matter, it's just amazing music.

[onlyonelm]

Molto molto molto avanti Paul Desmond.. Tra i grandissimi del jazz

[musician3417]

Paul Desmond. What a great artist! He plays like a god.

[livvidd]

epic talent + youtube = bliss!

[TLU79]

+ tv stations which take archiving seriously

[victor105]

id like a grandfa like Brubeck!

[poutybean]

What a cool thing to say!! Ditto.

[Pulse120]

Dave Brubeck is amazing.

[th1nk21]

the dissonance in piano solo make you wanna scream, in a good way

[mostwanted3833]

how old are everyone??